Jessica Williams Drunk DM'd J.K. Rowling To Find Out Her Hogwarts House

Actress and funny gal Jessica Williams appeared on the Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote her new film, The Incredible Jessica James, and blessed us with a play-by-play on how to meet J.K. Rowling. The answer? Just slide into her DMs.

After Rowling randomly followed her on Twitter, Williams mustered up the courage to talk to the Harry Potter mastermind—but not without some liquid courage, "My boyfriend [and I] were at a bar maybe like, a month and a half ago, and we had been drinking and [he was like], 'You should DM her,' and I was like, no! And so I did a shot and then I messaged her like, 'Heeey JoJo!'"

Rowling ended up responding to Williams with a string of messages, which led to a proposed hangout in London. "She was like, 'When's the next time you're gonna be in London? I promise I'm not this blabby after the fourth cocktail,' and I was like AHHHH!" The two ended up meeting multiple times and took this epic photo:

The hangout also answered one of the more pressing questions on Williams' mind: which Hogwarts House does she belong to? Rowling, an IRL Sorting Hat, deemed Williams a Gryffindor. Jumping in on the fun, Colbert whipped out his phone to DM Rowling and find out his Hogwarts House, too.

Watch Williams lose her chill and recount the meeting below.

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